Ethics in Technology C961 Western Governors University WGU – comprehensive course summary

Ethics in Technology WGU
 right of privacy - CORRECT ANSWERS-"the right to be left alone -- the most comprehensive of
rights, and the right most valued by a free people



 information privacy - CORRECT ANSWERS-The combination of *communications privacy* (the
ability to communicate with others without those communications being monitored by other
persons or organizations) and *data privacy* (the ability to limit access to one's personal data by
other individuals and organizations in order to exercise a substantial degree of control over that
data and its use).



 Fourth Amendment - CORRECT ANSWERS-The right of the people to be secure in their persons,
houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated,
and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and
particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.



 United States - CORRECT ANSWERS-There is no single, overreaching national data privacy policy
for which country?



 Fair Credit Act - CORRECT ANSWERS-act that regualtes operations of credit reporting bureaus



 Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978 - CORRECT ANSWERS-protects the rights of financial
institution customers to keep their financial records private and free from unjust government
investigation



 GLBA (Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act) - CORRECT ANSWERS-established mandatory guidelines for the
collection and disclosure of personal financial information by financial institutions. It requires
financial institutions to document their data security plans and encourages institutions to
implement safeguards against pretexting.

, The Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act - CORRECT ANSWERS-allows consumers to request
and obtain a free credit report each year from each of the three consumer credit reporting
agencies.



 The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act - CORRECT ANSWERS-included strong privacy
provisions for EHRs, including banning the sale of health information, promoting the use of audit
trails and encryption, and providing rights of access for patients. It also mandated that each
individual whose health information has been exposed be notified within 60 days after discovery
of a data breach.



 FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act) - CORRECT ANSWERS-provides students and
their parents with specific rights regarding the release of student records.



 COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection Act) - CORRECT ANSWERS-Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (1998)



 requires commercial online content providers (websites) to obtain verifiable parental consent of
children under the age of 13 before they can collect, archive, use, or resell any personal
information pertaining to that child



 Title III of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act - CORRECT ANSWERS-(also known as
the Wiretap Act) regulates the interception of wire (telephone) and oral communications.



 FISA (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act) - CORRECT ANSWERS-describes procedures for the
electronic surveillance and collection of foreign intelligence information between foreign
powers and agents of foreign powers.



 Executive Order 12333 - CORRECT ANSWERS-identifies the various government intelligence-
gathering agencies and defines what information can be collected, retained, and disseminated
by the agencies. It allows for the tangential collection of U.S. citizen data—even when those
citizens are not specifically targeted.

,  ECPA (Electronic Communications Privacy Act) - CORRECT ANSWERS-deals with the protection of
communications while in transit from sender to receiver; the protection of communications held
in electronic storage; and the prohibition of devices from recording dialing, routing, addressing,
and signaling information without a search warrant.



 CALEA (Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act) - CORRECT ANSWERS-requires the
telecommunications industry to build tools into its products that federal investigators can use—
after gaining a court order—to eavesdrop on conversations and intercept electronic
communications.



 The USA PATRIOT Act - CORRECT ANSWERS-modified 15 existing statutes and gave sweeping
new powers both to domestic law enforcement and to international intelligence agencies,
including increasing the ability of law enforcement agencies to eavesdrop on telephone
communication; intercept email messages; and search medical, financial, and other records. The
act also eased restrictions on foreign intelligence gathering in the United States.



 The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Amendments Act of 2004 - CORRECT ANSWERS-
authorized intelligence gathering on individuals not affiliated with any known terrorist
organization (so-called lone wolves).



 The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Amendments Act of 2008 - CORRECT
ANSWERS-granted the NSA expanded authority to collect, without court-approved warrants,
international communications as they flow through the U.S. telecommunications equipment and
facilities.



 The PATRIOT Sunsets Extension Act - CORRECT ANSWERS-granted a four-year extension of
provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act that allowed roving wiretaps and searches of business
records. It also extended authorization intelligence gathering on "lone wolves."



 USA Freedom Act - CORRECT ANSWERS-terminated the bulk collection of telephone metadata
by the NSA instead requiring telecommunications carriers to hold the data and respond to NSA
queries for data. The act also restored authorization for roving wiretaps and the tracking of lone
wolf terrorists.